Pygmy Hippo's Demons

Casual* Budget Combo GU (Simic) Theme/Gimmick

Araignee

Creature (15)

• 3x Augury Owl
• 4x Coiling Oracle
• 4x Invisible Stalker
• 4x Pygmy Hippo

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Anchor to the Aether
• 2x Fabricate

Land (25)

• 7x Forest
• 13x Island
• 2x Simic Growth Chamber
• 3x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Aqueous Form

Instant (10)

• 4x Condescend
• 4x Unsummon
• 2x Veil of Secrecy

Artifact (3)

• 3x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 2x Disdainful Stroke
• 2x Dissipate
• 2x Naturalize
• 2x Stream of Consciousness

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Corrosive Gale
• 2x Curse of the Swine

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Maybeboard

Creature (18)

• 3x Altered Ego
• 3x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Bane of Bala Ged
• 1x Blisterpod
• 1x Breaker of Armies
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Decimator of the Provinces
• 1x Desolation Twin
• 3x Neurok Invisimancer
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher

Instant (8)

• 2x Calculated Dismissal
• 2x Disallow
• 3x Dismiss
• 1x Plasm Capture

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Breakthrough
• 3x Open Into Wonder

Land (1)

• 1x Rogue's Passage

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Don't fear the mana burn, ramp for free!

The whole trick is to drain mana from your opponent by Pygmy Hippo to keep some of yours free by abusing the fact that mana burn is no longer a thing.

Your main point is to make your hippo unblockable, and scry your way to Elbrus, the Binding Blade   and pull it out using your opponent's mana asap. Preferably making him unblockable too.

THIS DECK NEEDS A LOT OF TINKERING, SO SUGGESTIONS WELCOME. However, this is mainly a fun deck, so it should be preferably under 30USD in total.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 7 - 2 Rares 13 - 8 Uncommons 19 - 2 Commons
Cards	62
Avg. CMC	2.22
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G